SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2015
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Sheriffs offer safety tips for crabbing, boat anchoring
While the fall months offer
the best crabbing opportunities
in local bays, crabbing is open
year round. The Yaquina and
Alsea bays are the most pro-
ductive in Lincoln County.
With the addition of the
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) to Yaquina Bay, it is
important to understand where
it is safe to place crab traps or
anchor boats. NOAA Ships are
very large vessels that need to
operate in the dredged chan-
nels, so other vessels should
not interfere with their ingress
and egress to the bay.
Listed below are suggestions
View
from 1B
one person eating an ice-cream
cone in the bleachers, that guy
who made you stop, turn
around and look up in bewil-
derment, yelled out “Hey
Yasiel! Donde esta la bibliote-
ca?”
Cuba, if you haven’t heard
by now, is no longer a closed-
off nation for America. We just
Fishing
from 1B
think small and subtle presen-
tations. Typical steelhead tac-
tics apply such as bobber and
jig / bait, or casting spoons or
spinners.
Cutthroat trout are now also
open to harvest and can be
found throughout the main
stem river and many large trib-
utaries.
WILSON RIVER: Steelhead,
Chinook, cutthroat
Summer steelhead fishing is
and rules that apply to place-
ment of crab traps and anchor-
ing boats.
• Place crab traps or rings
outside the navigational chan-
nel.
• Use appropriate rope/line
for depth of water. A rope too
long for the depth of water may
float on top creating a naviga-
tional hazard. If your rope is
too long for the depth of water,
a small weight attached
between the float and trap will
help keep it under the surface.
• Add weight to the trap
which will help prevent it from
“walking” or moving with the
strong tidal flows.
Each year, improper anchor-
ing is the cause of multiple
cases of injury and death on
area waterways. Swift currents,
high flows and cold water
make the following anchoring
procedures imperative. Please
be aware that strong tidal cur-
rents change approximately
every six hours.
• Use anchor line five to
seven times the depth of the
water.
• Bring the bow into the
wind or current; place motor-
boat engines into neutral.
• Lower the anchor over the
bow, do not toss or throw it
overboard.
• Always secure the anchor
line to the bow.
• Never anchor over the
stern or sides of boats; this has
caused many boats to capsize
and sink.
• Make sure arms, legs,
hands, and feet are completely
clear of the line before lower-
ing the anchor.
Anchoring in a position that
obstructs a passageway ordi-
narily used by other boats is
prohibited by law. For addition-
al boating tips, call the Oregon
State Marine Board and request
a copy of the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers “Anchor Safely”
tip sheet.
For further information on
boating in Oregon, visit the
Oregon State Marine Board
website www.boatoregon.com.
—Lincoln County Sheriffs
ran up our flag there a couple
weeks ago. To most Americans,
when we think about Cuba, we
think about Kennedy and the
Bay of Pigs. The Cuban
Missile Crisis.
Very good cigars and rum.
Airlifts.
Gitmo.
Little Elian.
For Cuban athletes and
Cuban-Americans, thoughts of
Havana dredge up far different
feelings. For some, it meant
risking your life and defecting
in order to play baseball in
America.
Think about the stress you
would feel facing a Major
League hitter or pitcher on your
best day.
Now think about it with the
thought that your family left
behind may be in severe trou-
ble because of your decision.
There’s a heartbreak there
for many Cubans that is hard to
understand. Their love of coun-
try is great, but they would
have loved to participate in the
1984 and 1988 Olympic
Games.
They would have loved to
have seen the late, great Teofilo
Stevenson fight Muhammad
Ali.
It almost happened, but
Stevenson turned the fight
down, saying the millions of
dollars offered him was not
worth losing the love of the
millions of Cubans in Havana.
Well, now there will be plen-
ty of things off the field to set-
tle between America, Cuba and
Cuban Americans.
But finally, at long last, it
doesn’t mean people will have
to risk their lives in order to
play a game, and everybody
can have an obscenely over-
priced ice-cream cone.
slow. Fishing for cutthroat
trout should be fair. Use
lighter gear for best results as
the water is extremely low and
clear. Spring Chinook fishing
closed July 31. All angling is
closed after 2 p.m. above tide-
water until further notice.
warm for this time of year. The
mainstem Yaquina and Big Elk
Creek are good places to try
casting small spinners or
spoons as well as bait fishing
near the head of tide.
boat anglers should use cau-
tion when boating in the lakes.
Tenmile Lakes is open all year
for trout but trout fishing has
been slow.
Bass anglers have been
catching several largemouth
bass in Tenmile Lakes. Bass
can be found this time of the
year in shallow water near
structure like logs or weed
lines.
nearshore halibut quota
remains. The Summer All-
Depth halibut season opened
this past weekend and will be
open every other Friday-
Saturday until the quota of
43,908 pounds is met.
Fishing for bottom fish is
restricted to inside the 30 fath-
om curve.
• SALMON
Much of the Oregon coast
(Cape Falcon to the OR/CA
border) is now closed to coho
salmon fishing. This area
remains open for all salmon
except coho, but Chinook fish-
ing has been only fair out of
most ports. Remaining coho
quota will be transferred to the
non-selective coho salmon sea-
son that opens Sept. 4 from
Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt.
North of Cape Falcon, the
fin-clipped coho fishery
remains open and has been
very good to anglers. Anglers
fishing in this area are remind-
ed that no more than one
Chinook is allowed in the
daily limit of two salmon.
The Columbia River
Control Zone is closed.
• PACIFIC HALIBUT
The Columbia River
Subarea (Cape Falcon north to
Leadbetter Point, Wash.)
nearshore fishery is open daily
until Sept. 30 or the quota has
been met; fishing has been
slow.
The all-depth Pacific halibut
fishery in this subarea is
closed for the remainder of
2015.
• TUNA
Recreational albacore catch-
es picked up last week. South
coast anglers averaged four per
person, and landings elsewhere
were good if perhaps spotty.
By most accounts, fish were
cruising 30-40 miles offshore.
• BAY CLAMS
Coos Bay, Yaquina Bay,
Netarts Bay, and Tillamook
Bay are four bays where bay
clams, like gaper clams, butter
clams and cockles, can be
taken if not affected by shell-
fish safety closures. Recent
stock assessments have
revealed abundant populations
and that current harvest levels
are sustainable.
• CRABBING
Ocean crabbing is very
good
Limits in places; Some ani-
mals still have soft shells. A
soft shell indicates the meat
will be watery and disappoint-
ing. Crabs with hard shells or
that have not recently molted
— look for barnacles on the
shell — are a better option for
the crab kettle.
YAQUINA RIVER:
Cutthroat trout
Cutthroat trout fishing is
slow to fair. The best opportu-
nities are coming in the early
mornings when river tempera-
tures are the coolest. River
conditions are very low and
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UMPQUA RIVER, SOUTH:
Steelhead
The South Umpqua River,
including all tributaries, is
closed to fishing for trout,
steelhead, and salmon from 2
p.m. until an hour before sun-
rise. The mainstem South
Umpqua upstream to Jackson
Creek Bridge opened to fish-
ing on May 23, with trout fish-
ing being strictly catch and
release. Catch and release trout
fishing in South Umpqua trib-
utaries below Jackson Creek
Bridge also opened on May
23, with fishing restricted to
the use of artificial flies and
lures.
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which remains open under nor-
mal rules, should be produc-
tive especially in the morning
and late afternoon/early
evening.
COOS COUNTY
LAKES/PONDS: Largemouth
bass, bluegills
Fishing for largemouth bass
and bluegills has been good in
many of the Coos County
lakes. Fishing for bass will be
best in the mornings and late
evenings. Fish for bluegills
around structure like sub-
merged logs and weed lines.
TENMILE BASIN: Trout,
largemouth bass, yellow perch
Streams in the Tenmile
Basin are open for trout
although there is a 2 p.m. fish-
ing closure for trout, salmon,
and steelhead in streams above
tidewater. Most of the larger
rivers will be too warm for
trout and the water level in
many of the smaller streams is
extremely low. Fishing is
restricted to artificial flies and
lures in streams above tidewa-
ter.
The water level in Tenmile
Lakes is extremely low and
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WINCHESTER BAY:
Bottomfish, perch
Fishing for bottomfish in the
Triangle and South jetty has
been successful. Perch fishing
has been productive in the bay,
and it was reported that good
size striped perch were being
caught along the jetty.
Crabbing has been improv-
ing, and there have been
reports of coho and Chinook
being caught in the ocean off
of Winchester Bay.
PACIFIC OCEAN and
BEACHES: Bottomfish,
salmon, Dungeness crab, tuna
The ocean is open for har-
vest of Dungeness crab and it’s
been good outside of Coos
Bay and Winchester Bay.
Recreational ocean salmon
season from Cape Falcon to
Humbug Mt. is open for
Chinook salmon. The fin-
clipped coho season closed on
Aug. 9 and the non-selective
coho season does not open
until Sept. 4. The bag limit is
two salmon per day, and a
minimum size for Chinook
salmon at 24-inches or larger.
Fishing for Chinook from
Bandon to Winchester Bay has
been slow.
Tuna fishing along the south
coast was spotty. Some boats
did very well with most fish
caught 20-30 miles off shore.
The nearshore halibut sea-
son opened on July 1. The
fishery is open 7 days per
week inside the 40-fathom
line. Anglers were catching a
few halibut near Bandon inside
40-fathoms this past weekend.
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